in nine states this year all passed by republican legislators. all signed by republican legislators. those are done. nine of them on the books. and you know, all of these things that we're talking about. bottom line standards, protecting the right to vote. keeping partisan influence out of election administration. even doing away with partisan gerrymandering where they choose electoral districts in a way that guarantees more republicans get elected and democratic legislatures do their districts in such a way that guarantees more democrats get elected. that kind of gerrymandering and the election administration stuff and the voting rights stuff. all of those are components of the for the people act which already passed the house of representatives. it's senate bill one. landmark voting rights bill proposed by democrats in congress this year. the for the people act was dead on arrival when it got to the